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The Criminal Justice Programme (CJP), as part of the CSVR, works for a reduction in violence in South Africa through working towards the establishment of an effective and human rights orientated criminal justice system. While this may not be sufficient for reducing the problem of violent crime, it is a necessary condition for other crime-prevention strategies to be successful. Read more...
As women and girls have such a diverse experiences of gender-based violence, the Programme works with them in diverse ways, all of which are based women's rights. This encompasses working with health care systems, the criminal justice system, development interventions as well as initiatives promoting women's socio-economic rights. Efforts to prevent such violence are key for us, and so is the drive to build and strengthen organisations working in this field. Read more...
The Peacebuilding Programme at CSVR emerged out of the Africa programme that was established in January 2002. A partnership programme that works with implementing organisations in countries across the region was initiated. This is in recognition of our responsibility within the region and on the continent to support initiatives rooted in communities that are committed to understanding the roots of violence and injustice and forging actions that transform social relations and the systems and structures that inform them. Read more...
The Transition and Reconciliation Programme of CSVR was established in 1994 with the foresight of engaging with the policy debates and advocacy in relation to the establishment of a Truth Commission in South Africa. Over the past 12 years the programme has engaged in various research and intervention projects which seeks to explore the relationship between conflicts of the past, reconciliation, violence prevention and justice, in order to contribute to building sustainable reconciliation and the prevention of conflict, violence and intolerance in South Africa, on the continent and internationally. Read more...
The TTP is a multi-disciplinary team of mental health practitioners with diverse experiences and skills in research, trauma counselling and trauma management. Our team includes researchers, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and a consultant psychiatrist. We also have interns and students with whom we work. Read more...
When Professor Kader Asmal became the national minister of education in 1999, he also identified violent crime, vandalism, drug dealing and sexual abuse in schools as impediments to the proper functioning of the education and training system. Through numerous social responsibility initiatives in communities, the Youth Violence Prevention Programme set out to turn the tide against these problems and their consequences. Read more...
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